1. Georgia’s 5 Geographic Regions
Blue Ridge Province
Ridge and Valley Province
Plateau Province
Piedmont Province
Coastal Plain Province

2. Instructional approach: Have students label the regions on their map.

3. Appalachian Plateau Cloudland Canyon waterfall
Instructional Approach: Over the next few slides, carry on a conversation with the students above the images that they are seeing. How do the images characterize the region and how does that impact living in the region?
Appalachian Plateau

4. Cave
Appalachian Plateau

5. Rock City Overlook
Appalachian Plateau

6. See 7 States
Appalachian Plateau

7. Hang Gliding off of Sunset Rock
Appalachian Plateau

8. Appalachian Plateau Smallest of the 5 regions
Known as the “TAG” corner- Border TN, GA, AL
Least traveled part of the state but the most scenic.
Instructional Approach: Have the students write these notes on the map note-taking page. (Same for the next two slides)

9. Appalachian Plateau
Long, narrow valley with Sand Mountain on one side and Lookout Mountain on the other.
Once relied on mining for coal and iron ore. (Only source of coal in the state of Georgia.)

10. Appalachian Plateau Covered with hardwoods and forest.
Civil War sites of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park are frequently visited.
Instructional Approach: Have the students create a picture to put on the map to help them remember the region. (i.e. apple for Ridge and Valley, crops for Coastal Plain, etc.)

11. Turn to your elbow partner and discuss this question:
How would the Appalachian Plateau region impact economic growth for the entire state of Georgia?
Instructional Approach: Give students no more than 5 minutes to answer this question. Walk around the room to make sure students are staying on task. Afterwards, call on a couple of groups to share their consensus.
Question to Consider

12. Ridge and Valley Ridges and Valleys
Instructional Approach: Over the next few slides, carry on a conversation with the students above the images that they are seeing. How do the images characterize the region and how does that impact living in the region?
Ridge and Valley

13. Berry College Water Mill
Ridge and Valley

14. Clock Tower in Rome
Georgia
Ridge and Valley

15. Ridge and Valley

16. Ridge and Valley Low open valleys and narrow ridges.
Lots of forest of Oak, Hickory, and Pine trees.
Land is mostly used for pastures for cattle.
Instructional Approach: Have the students write these notes on the map note-taking page.

17. Ridge and Valley
Agricultural products include: soybeans, corn, wheat, and cotton.
Ellijay is the “apple capital” of Ga.
Dalton, Ga: Carpet Capital of the World.
Rely on textile and carpeting manufacturing.
Instructional Approach: Have the students create a picture to put on the map to help them remember the region. (i.e. apple for Ridge and Valley, crops for Coastal Plain, etc.)

18. Turn to a new elbow partner (Not the same person you spoke to earlier) and discuss this question.
How are the Appalachian Plateau and Ridge and Valley the same? How are they different? Would that impact what kinds of jobs are available in the regions? How so?
Instructional Approach: Give students no more than 5 minutes to answer this question. Walk around the room to make sure students are staying on task. Afterwards, call on a couple of groups to share their consensus. Call on different people than you did before.
Questions to Ponder

19. Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Mountains
Instructional Approach: Over the next few slides, carry on a conversation with the students above the images that they are seeing. How do the images characterize the region and how does that impact living in the region?
Blue Ridge

20. Brasstown Bald Tower: Highest Point
Blue Ridge

21. Amicalola Falls
Blue Ridge

22. Ski Valley Ski
Lodge
Blue Ridge

23. Blue Ridge Tallulah Gorge
Instructional Approach: Have the students create a picture to put on the map to help them remember the region. (i.e. apple for Ridge and Valley, crops for Coastal Plain, etc.)
Blue Ridge

24. Blue Ridge Northeast corner of Ga.
It is made up of the Blue Ridge Mountains (run from Maine to Alabama).
Home to the highest point in Ga which is Brasstown Bald.
Instructional Approach: Have the students write these notes on the map note-taking page.

25. Blue Ridge Receives the most rainfall of all the regions.
Region with several waterfalls, gorges, and canyons.
Minerals such as copper, gold, and marble were mined here.

26. Blue Ridge
Thousands of tourist visit the area for hiking, camping, and the areas scenic beauty.

27. Questions to Contemplate
Elbow Partner #1
(Turn back to your first elbow partner)
How does the Blue Ridge region contribute to the economy of the state? Why is that important?
Why would the Blue Ridge region receive the most rain? What geographical feature would impact rainfall?
Questions to Contemplate

28. Piedmont Chattahoochee River near Columbus, GA.
Instructional Approach: Over the next few slides, carry on a conversation with the students above the images that they are seeing. How do the images characterize the region and how does that impact living in the region?

29. Hills and Dales, LaGrange, GA.
Piedmont

30. Square in Downtown LaGrange
Piedmont

31. FDR’s Little White House
Piedmont

32. Atlanta
Piedmont

33. Stone Mountain
Piedmont

34. Downtown Atlanta
Piedmont

35. Home of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field
Piedmont

36. Piedmont
Home of many tourist attractions as Varsity, Ga Aquarium, Concert venues, and Sports events.
Instructional Approach: Have the students write these notes on the map note-taking page.

37. Piedmont Capital is located here (Atlanta). Second largest region.
Piedmont means “foot of the mountains”.
Known for our “Georgia Red Clay”
Instructional Approach: Have the students write these notes on the map note-taking page.

38. Piedmont Nations leading producer of marble and granite.
Features a bulk of the states industry and population. (50% of the people).
Wheat, soybean, corn, cattle, and poultry are produced here.
Instructional Approach: Have the students create a picture to put on the map to help them remember the region. (i.e. apple for Ridge and Valley, crops for Coastal Plain, etc.)

39. Questions to Deliberate
Elbow Partner #2
How does the Piedmont region impact the state economically? How does that compare to the Appalachian Plateau? The Ridge and Valley?
Why does the majority of the population live in the Piedmont region?
Questions to Deliberate

40. Coastal Plains Savannah River at Savannah, GA.
Instructional Approach: Over the next few slides, carry on a conversation with the students above the images that they are seeing. How do the images characterize the region and how does that impact living in the region?
Coastal Plains

41. Georgia Beach
Coastal Plains

42. Cotton Field
Coastal Plains

43. Okefenokee Swamp
Coastal Plains

44. Okefenokee Swamp
Coastal Plains

45. Coastal Plain Covers 60% of the state (3/5).
Divided into inner and outer Coastal Plain.
Outer attracts tourist with the beaches at the coast.
Instructional Approach: Have the students write these notes on the map note-taking page.

46. Coastal Plain
Outer coast also provides importance to Georgia’s economy due to trade.
Inner is good farmland that produces most of GA's crops. (Peanuts, pecans, corn and Vidalia onions)
Instructional Approach: Have the students create a picture to put on the map to help them remember the region. (i.e. apple for Ridge and Valley, crops for Coastal Plain, etc.)

47. Complete the summary box on the back of your note-taking guide.
Instructional approach: Direct the student to the back of their note-taking guide. Have them complete the summarizer box on the right side. Walk around the room to make sure the students are staying on task, correcting them if you see they are straying down the wrong path. Have the students volunteer to share what they wrote.
Summarize